Wind chill is how cold people and animals feel when outside. Wind chill is based on the rate of heat loss from exposed skin caused by wind and cold temperatures.
There are a dozen major meteor showers every year, and many more minor ones. In this Breakdown, we discuss what causes the them to glow in the night sky.
Did you know Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park near Memphis is the most visited state park in Tennessee? In this Breakdown, we discuss its history and all it has to offer today.
It’s that time where we are headed into a New Year and many will experience firework displays. Weather can have impacts on fireworks, from how vibrant the colors are to how long the smoke lingers after the fireworks.
Severe weather is a common occurrence in the Mid-South, and when it comes to strong and severe storms, understanding what the colors and text means could better help you prepare for incoming severe weather.
Residents in West Memphis that remember Dec 1987, know all about what a season it was. West Memphis, Arkansas broke a record and not one you want to break but West Memphis became the first city in U.S. history to be declared a federal disaster area twice in a two week period.
Acid rain, or acid deposition, is a broad term that includes any form of precipitation with acidic components, such as sulfuric or nitric acid that fall to the ground from the atmosphere in wet or dry forms. This can include rain, snow, fog, hail or even dust that is acidic.
On November 27, 1994, 18 tornadoes were confirmed across parts of the South that Thanksgiving weekend, including one that hit parts of Shelby County and caused tremendous damage to the Germantown area.
A report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) showed that over the past 50 years a disaster related to weather, climate or a water hazard occurred every day on average.
The first half of the voyage was smooth with sunny skies and fair weather; the only major problem was sea-sickness. But by the second half, they began encountering a number of Atlantic storms that made the voyage treacherous.
Its that time when Daylight Saving ends but why do we turn back the clocks each year? In this breakdown we explain where the idea originated and why we still turn the clocks back
The study of weather and the Earth’s atmosphere is called Meteorology. But where does the meteor-part stem from?The term Meteorology has quite the history deriving from the Greek word meteoron, which more or less meant “something in the sky.”
The UT AgResearch and Education Center at Milan is known as the birthplace of no-till farming in Tennessee. In this Breakdown, we discuss the method behind it, and why it started in the first place.
When people think of earthquakes in the United States, they tend to think of the west coast. But earthquakes also happen in the eastern and central U.S.
